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Rolling Stones tour with phones

Rolling Stones tour with phones1.99 for 7 minutes!?If one earns $1.500 a month and works 40 hours a week, he/she would have to work 14 minutes to be aple to pay for the 7 minutes probably crappy experience! I assume also they are not targeting the large number of people...

Tags: Please Let, Rolling Stones, phone

Discussion threads 2006-07-28

Another support call and e-commerce nightmare: This time, it's Ticketmaster

Another support call and e-commerce nightmare: This time, it's TicketmasterOf course they suckOf course they suck, they are practically a monopoly. They have no motivation not to suck.You probably would have had better luck if you had gone directly to RollingStones.com and signed up there.Need to see the...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Ticketmaster Corp., Rolling Stones, e-business

Discussion threads 2006-07-26

Another support call and e-commerce nightmare: This time, it's Ticketmaster

Compared to the debacle of a support call that I had with T-Mobile, at least the one thing positive I can say about today's support call with Ticketmaster to overcome a ticket purchasing problem with its Web site (which I've recorded for your listening pleasure) is how pleasant everybody was...

Tags: Ticketmaster Corp.

Blog posts 2006-07-26

Additional Resources

Laptops with mobile WiMax now available

The first laptops with built-in mobile WiMax wireless broadband are now available in the U.S. Sprint, Intel and the computer companies announced the new WiMax configurations at an event in Baltimore just a few days after Sprint launched its Xohm service there. All of these laptops use...

Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, 3G, Chipsets, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-10-09

RIA podcast goodness

There are a couple of news bits on the podcast front that should make anyone interested in RIAs happy. One, Coté and I are getting back in the routine of doing RIA Weekly. We're celebrating by rolling out a brand new RIAWeekly.com domain. Now that summer is over and we've...

Tags: Rich Internet Application, Podcasts, Internet, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Rolling Stone (zip)

Rolling Stone is an original action/puzzle game in which the player must guide a stone through various mazes and puzzles without falling to their death. But there's a catch: the floor tiles fall away as you touch them, so you have to keep moving! Lots of options and stunning 3D...

Tags: Cubex Digital Entertainment, Rolling Stone, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-10-08

Apple notebooks to be fabricated from a solid "brick" of aluminum

Apple notebooks to be fabricated from a solid "brick" of aluminumThat is patentable?This is getting ridiculous. Companies have been fabricating all types of items and enclosures out of "bricks" for years.How is this really unique in any way? Becuase it is a laptop enclosure?Does not sound cheapThis news does not...

Tags: Notebooks, Digital music, Digital media, Machining, Apple Inc., aluminum, laptop computer, notebook

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Wind: A sound investment in unsound times?

Wind: A sound investment in unsound times?Oh - no need to worryDon't worry about the funds drying up. With Uncle Sam footing the bill, the good times for wind will just keep rolling.Besides, it's a pretty sweet deal for energy companies. All they have to do is put...

Tags: investment

Discussion threads 2008-10-04

Microsoft launches software for cheap Portuguese laptop

Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the country's technological edge in education. LISBON--Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the...

Tags: Software, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Computer, Portugal, School Children, Government Hope, Magellan, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Reuters, laptops, education

News items 2008-10-03

YouTube debuts post-roll ads

YouTube, which always has had far more eyeballs than ways to monetize them, is adding post-roll advertisements to its clips. As NewTeeVee suggests, if you don't click on an overlay ad when it shows up in a clip you're watching, the video ad it would have played...

Tags: Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Video, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Android sucks oxygen from mobile broadband room

Android sucks oxygen from mobile broadband roomany other Carriers?So Far it's only T-Mobile. There's all this hype, and I don't work/live in a major city. T-Mobile has the fewest towers in the country and is barely rolling out their G3 network to the major metropolitan areas. ...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, mobile broadband, mobile, oxygen, Qt Extended, OpenMoko, phone, open source

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

The cost of doing business in China: Privacy

The cost of doing business in China: PrivacySo does the US !The only difference is, in china's case, you know and in US, you don't (or atleast most people don't). They even hijack all the data that flows through pipes of ISPs and make a copy and put analyzers on...

Tags: SECURITY, Skype Technologies S.A., fundamental human right, big deal, human right, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Should Palm drop their Linux plans and embrace Android?

While browsing for mobile news and reviews this morning I came across a Fortune article that I thought had some very valid points and was an interesting read. The Why Palm Needs Android article makes the case for three reasons why Palm should consider the Android OS on future devices...

Tags: Operating System, Palm Inc., Palm OS, Operating Systems, Linux, Handhelds, Software, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Apple to music industry - It's our way, or iTunes gets the bullet!

Apple to music industry - It's our way, or iTunes gets the bullet!RE: Apple to music industry - It's our way, or iTunes gets the bullet!One can only home apple shuts iTunes downMusic Industry to AppleLOL!disagree strongly"one appeal of the iPod is how easy it is to buy music for...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, music industry, music

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

Pre-university jitters: join a student social network

I remember when I was about to start at university. It was a strange, perplexing time and wasn't sure if I'd make friends, know people, know what to do or where to go. Having said that, it made life that little bit easier having a unique medical condition - Tourette's...

Tags: Network, University, Yougofurther, TheClassConnection, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Oracle and HP explain history, role and future for new Exadata Server and Database Machine

Oracle Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison caught the Oracle OpenWorld conference audience by surprise the day before by rolling out the Exadata line of two hardware-software configurations. The integrated servers re-architect the relationship between Oracle's 11g database and high-performance storage. Exadata, in essence, gives new meaning to "attached" storage for...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Industry Standard, High-performance, Storage, Leadership, Databases, Hardware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-09-29

BT launches trial of Phorm's deep-packet inspection

It won't be long before British Internet users see targeted advertising based on their usage patterns. British Telecom is about to test software by Phorm, which collects URLs visited, search terms entered, and other data from visited websites. Phorm then categorizes the content and serves up advertising based on your...

Tags: British Telecommunications, BT Webwise, Web Site Development, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Technology, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-29

Apple levels the playing field on the App Store

Apple levels the playing field on the App StoreHoly crap what a non eventThere is ABSOLUTELY NO leveling here. The store is still disgustingly tipped to Apple's benefit. Wake me when they stop stealing 30% off the top and denying apps that they think are such a good...

Tags: Word processors, Apple Inc., Apple-level, App Store

Discussion threads 2008-09-29

More on Microsoft's PC ads

More on Microsoft's PC adsPaul, ... meet the herd.Microsoft is simply issuing soothing tones to a herd. Most don't really want leave the herd, but there are a couple of much smaller herds making some claims about greener grass, and the Microsft herd simply needs a little soothing re-assurance.Your mistake...

Tags: Group Membership, Third-party endorsement, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., herd, Apple Inc., PC

Discussion threads 2008-09-27

Mio Knight Rider GPS

If you ever dreamed as a child or as an adult of owning a car like KITT of Knight Rider fame, you're dream is about to come true...sort of. Unless you're rolling in money, you can't have the actual Trans Am or David Hasselhoff, but you can have the next...

Tags: GPS, Keyboards, display, Mio Knight Rider GPS, KITT, portable navigation device, Knight Rider GPS

Product reviews 2008-09-26